1315: CoastalFutures

Principal investigator: Naveed Akhtar

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institut für Küstensysteme - Analyse und Modellierung (Community project)

Project abstract

Report 7/2022 to 6/2023
Report 7/2023 to 6/2024
Report 7/2024 to 6/2025

Publications

• DOI: 10.1038/s41561-024-01581-4, Zhang, W., Porz, L., Yilmaz, R. et al. Long-term carbon storage in shelf sea sediments reduced by intensive bottom trawling. Nat. Geosci. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01581-4
• DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01268-z, Safonova, K., Meier, H.E.M. & Gröger, M. Summer heatwaves on the Baltic Sea seabed contribute to oxygen deficiency in shallow areas. Commun Earth Environ 5, 106 (2024).
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56731-w, Akhtar, N., Geyer, B. & Schrum, C. Larger wind turbines as a solution to reduce environmental impacts. Sci Rep 14, 6608 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56731-w
• DOI: doi:10.5194/wes-9-697-2024, Borgers, R., Dirksen, M., Wijnant, I.L., Stepek, A., Stoffelen, A., Akhtar, N., Neirynck, J., Van de Walle, J., Meyers, J., & van Lipzig, N.P.M. (2024): Mesoscale modelling of North Sea wind resources with COSMO-CLM: model evaluation and impact assessment of future wind farm characteristics on cluster-scale wake losses. Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 697–719.
• Benkort, D., Christiansen, N., Ho-Hagemann, H.T.M., Daewel, U., Gilles, A. (2024). How Do Offshore Wind Farms Affect the Ocean? Front. Young Minds. 12:1336535.
• DOI: doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1340291, Hariri S, Meier HEM and Väli G (2024) Investigating the influence of sub-mesoscale current structures on Baltic Sea connectivity through a Lagrangian analysis. Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1340291.
• DOI: 10.5194/os-20-711-2024, Lepper, R., Jänicke, L., Hache, I., Jordan, C., & Kösters, F. Exploring the tidal response to bathymetry evolution and present-day sea level rise in a channel–shoal environment. Ocean Science 20(3), 711-723 (2024).
• Akhtar, N., Geyer, B. Elizalde A & Schrum, C. (in prep) Future Offshore Wind Farms in the North Sea: Impacts on Coastal Precipitation Patterns
• DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106661, Wang, S.V., Ellrich, J.A., Beermann, J., Pogoda, B., Boersma, M., 2024. Musseling through: Mytilus byssal thread production is unaffected by continuous noise. Marine Environmental Research 200, 106661.
• DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116925, Pigeault, R., Ruser, A., Ramírez-Martínez, N.C., Geelhoed, S.C.V., Haelters, J., Nachtsheim, D.A., Schaffeld, T., Sveegaard, S., Siebert, U., Gilles, A. (2024). Maritime traffic alters distribution of the harbour porpoise in the North Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 208:116925.
• DOI: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2024.1336535/pdf, Benkort, D., Christiansen, N., Ho-Hagemann, H.T.M., Daewel, U., Gilles, A. (2024). How Do Offshore Wind Farms Affect the Ocean? Front. Young Minds. 12:1336535.
• DOI: 10.1007/s00382-023-07062-5, Gröger, M., Dutheil, C. Boergel., F., Meier., H.E.M.: Drivers of marine heatwaves in a stratified marginal Sea, Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-07062-5
• DOI: doi: 10.3390/su16031220, Schernewski, G., G. Escobar Sánchez, S. Felsing, M. Gatel Rebours, M. Haseler, R. Hauk, X. Lange and S. Piehl (2024). Emission, transport and retention of floating marine macro-litter (plastics): The Role of Baltic harbor and sailing festivals. Sustainability 16: 1220.
• DOI: 10.1007/s10531-023-02759-9, Peschko, V., Schwemmer, H., Mercker, M. et al. Cumulative effects of offshore wind farms on common guillemots (Uria aalge) in the southern North Sea - climate versus biodiversity?. Biodivers Conserv 33, 949–970 (2024).
• DOI: doi: 10.5194/gmd-17-1689-2024, Karsten, S., Radtke, H., Gröger, M., Ho-Hagemann, H. T. M., Mashayekh, H., Neumann, T., and Meier, H. E. M. (2024): Flux coupling approach on an exchange grid for the IOW Earth System Model (version 1.04.00) of the Baltic Sea region, Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 1689–1708,
• DOI: 10.1029/2023JC020336, Hitzegrad, J., Köster, S., Windt, C., & Goseberg, N. (2024). Understanding the Role of Sharp Edges in the Propagation of Surface Gravity Waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(2).
• DOI: 10.26050/WDCC/Biasc_hr_riverro_Eu_v1_1, Hagemann, S., and Stacke, T. (2023) Bias corrected high resolution river runoff over Europe (Version 1.1). World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.26050/WDCC/Biasc_hr_riverro_Eu_v1_1
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22868-9, Akhtar, N., Geyer, B. & Schrum, C. Impacts of accelerating deployment of offshore windfarms on near-surface climate. Sci Rep 12, 18307 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22868-9
• DOI: 10.5194/wes-9-697-2024, 2024., Borgers, R., Dirksen, M., Wijnant, I. L., Stepek, A., Stoffelen, A., Akhtar, N., Neirynck, J., Van de Walle, J., Meyers, J., and van Lipzig, N. P. M.: Mesoscale modelling of North Sea wind resources with COSMO-CLM: model evaluation and impact assessment of future wind farm characteristics on cluster-scale wake losses, Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 697–719,
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56731-w, Akhtar, N., Geyer, B. & Schrum, C. Larger wind turbines as a solution to reduce environmental impacts. Sci Rep 14, 6608 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56731-w
• DOI: 10.5194/gmd-17-1689-2024, Karsten, S., Radtke, H., Gröger, M., Ho-Hagemann, H. T. M., Mashayekh, H., Neumann, T., and Meier, H. E. M. (2024): Flux coupling approach on an exchange grid for the IOW Earth System Model (version 1.04.00) of the Baltic Sea region, Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 1689–1708, doi: 10.5194/gmd-17-1689-2024
• DOI: 10.26050/WDCC/HELCOM_HD_v1_1, Hagemann, S., and Neumann, T. (2023) Redistribution of HELCOM nutrient loads on the high resolution HD model grid (Version 1.1). World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.26050/WDCC/HELCOM_HD_v1_1
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22868-9, Akhtar, N., Geyer, B. & Schrum, C. Impacts of accelerating deployment of offshore windfarms on near-surface climate. Sci Rep 12, 18307 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22868-9
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91283-3, Akhtar, N., Geyer, B., Rockel, B. et al. Accelerating deployment of offshore wind energy alter wind climate and reduce future power generation potentials. Sci Rep 11, 11826 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91283-3
• DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.818501, Christiansen N, Daewel U, Djath B and Schrum C (2022) Emergence of Large-Scale Hydrodynamic Structures Due to Atmospheric Offshore Wind Farm Wakes. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:818501. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.818501
• DOI: 10.1038/s43247-022-00625-0, Daewel, U., Akhtar, N., Christiansen, N. et al. Offshore wind farms are projected to impact primary production and bottom water deoxygenation in the North Sea. Commun Earth Environ 3, 292 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00625-0